by Stop Mike Lupica on February 5 at 9:41AM
I mentioned on this blog before my fondness for Robert Hunt's old Monday Morning Noter column. It was an offbeat recap of the week in his "spurious thoughts and idle musings" about sports that appeared on his website from 1998-2003. Think about that... someone who was sports blogging back in 1998!
He stopped writing in 2003. That was before there was a Deadspin, a The Big Lead, even guys like Skeets and MJD. Heck, True Hoops didn't come around until 2004 (I believe). Recently he dropped me an e-mail to let me know that he was back to writing regularly, for the online Atom Magazine.
His new "Sports Noter" can be found here. It's a good read, so I strongly recommend it. Here are some recent samples to motivate you:
Bob Malcolm is a midfielder for Queens Park Rangers, an English Premiership football club. Bob Malcolm played a match for QPR against Plymouth in London one night about a month ago. Bob Malcolm’s team lost. At 6:30am the next morning, Bob Malcolm was found fast asleep in his car in the middle lane of the M1 highway in Tibshelf, a small Derbyshire County town. Upon awakening, Bob Malcolm confessed he thought he had pulled over to the side of the road. Bob Malcolm also failed a breath test and will now have to pay a fine and attend alcohol rehab. Bob Malcolm apologized for his poor judgment but made sure we all knew who was really at fault here … “I must say that I was very upset and frustrated with the poor performance of the referee in our match at Plymouth the evening before.” Bob Malcolm should now get used to seeing yellow cards being waved in his face. Lots of ‘em.
DNP-CD … No, it’s not some new high-def music disc. In The Association, it stands for “Did Not Play - Coach’s Decision” and it shows up in the box score mostly for the jabeeps buried at the end of the bench. But last week, Matt Barnes of Golden State got one of the more unusual DNP-CD’s of recent note. First off, Barnes is no scrubbeenie. He played a key role last spring when the Warriors sent the Mavs home early and he’s been solid so far this season too. No, Matt sat because assistant coach Keith “Not So” Smart forgot to write his name on the pre-game lineup card. The zeebs said sorry, rules are rules and gave Barnes the night off. That’s right, the Warriors had to pay Matt Barnes his game check … $36,585 … to sit in the locker room and woof nachos all night. The NBA. I love this game.
Bud Light signed yet another contract extension last week to stay on as baseball commish for yet another three years, this time until 2012. Selig has insisted several times before that he’d be retired by now but, let’s be real here, Bud ain’t leaving until he can put the steroids mess far behind in his rearview mirror. But here’s the really intriguing part of his plan to stay on as commissioner … The current occupant of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, our Commander-In-Chief, has made no secret of his lifelong ambition to have that job. Although seeing as how often Bud seems to be testifying in front of Congress these days, perhaps Mr Bush might be having second thoughts on his post-POTUS career path.
Let’s give it up for IUPUI head hoops coach Ron Turner and his magic bare feets. What’s an IUPUI, you ask ??? It’s Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis. No, seriously, Eye-Yuh-Poohie is a real school. Anyway, Turner decided to coach a game last week sans socks and shoes. That’s right, Shoeless Ron wanted to honor MLK Day by coaching barefoot so that people would donate shoes for shoeless kids in Africa. The night was a big success as Turner was hoping for 40,000 and ended up collecting well over 100,000 pairs plus $20K in cash. And IUPUI won the game too. All in all, a fantastic night and a worthy cause celebrated. Although to be fair, it’s probably a good thing Coach Turner wasn’t looking to help the UN Council for Global Hemorrhoid Awareness.
Alright, go check it out if you have some time.
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He stopped writing in 2003. That was before there was a Deadspin, a The Big Lead, even guys like Skeets and MJD. Heck, True Hoops didn't come around until 2004 (I believe). Recently he dropped me an e-mail to let me know that he was back to writing regularly, for the online Atom Magazine.
His new "Sports Noter" can be found here. It's a good read, so I strongly recommend it. Here are some recent samples to motivate you:
Bob Malcolm is a midfielder for Queens Park Rangers, an English Premiership football club. Bob Malcolm played a match for QPR against Plymouth in London one night about a month ago. Bob Malcolm’s team lost. At 6:30am the next morning, Bob Malcolm was found fast asleep in his car in the middle lane of the M1 highway in Tibshelf, a small Derbyshire County town. Upon awakening, Bob Malcolm confessed he thought he had pulled over to the side of the road. Bob Malcolm also failed a breath test and will now have to pay a fine and attend alcohol rehab. Bob Malcolm apologized for his poor judgment but made sure we all knew who was really at fault here … “I must say that I was very upset and frustrated with the poor performance of the referee in our match at Plymouth the evening before.” Bob Malcolm should now get used to seeing yellow cards being waved in his face. Lots of ‘em.
DNP-CD … No, it’s not some new high-def music disc. In The Association, it stands for “Did Not Play - Coach’s Decision” and it shows up in the box score mostly for the jabeeps buried at the end of the bench. But last week, Matt Barnes of Golden State got one of the more unusual DNP-CD’s of recent note. First off, Barnes is no scrubbeenie. He played a key role last spring when the Warriors sent the Mavs home early and he’s been solid so far this season too. No, Matt sat because assistant coach Keith “Not So” Smart forgot to write his name on the pre-game lineup card. The zeebs said sorry, rules are rules and gave Barnes the night off. That’s right, the Warriors had to pay Matt Barnes his game check … $36,585 … to sit in the locker room and woof nachos all night. The NBA. I love this game.
Bud Light signed yet another contract extension last week to stay on as baseball commish for yet another three years, this time until 2012. Selig has insisted several times before that he’d be retired by now but, let’s be real here, Bud ain’t leaving until he can put the steroids mess far behind in his rearview mirror. But here’s the really intriguing part of his plan to stay on as commissioner … The current occupant of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, our Commander-In-Chief, has made no secret of his lifelong ambition to have that job. Although seeing as how often Bud seems to be testifying in front of Congress these days, perhaps Mr Bush might be having second thoughts on his post-POTUS career path.
Let’s give it up for IUPUI head hoops coach Ron Turner and his magic bare feets. What’s an IUPUI, you ask ??? It’s Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis. No, seriously, Eye-Yuh-Poohie is a real school. Anyway, Turner decided to coach a game last week sans socks and shoes. That’s right, Shoeless Ron wanted to honor MLK Day by coaching barefoot so that people would donate shoes for shoeless kids in Africa. The night was a big success as Turner was hoping for 40,000 and ended up collecting well over 100,000 pairs plus $20K in cash. And IUPUI won the game too. All in all, a fantastic night and a worthy cause celebrated. Although to be fair, it’s probably a good thing Coach Turner wasn’t looking to help the UN Council for Global Hemorrhoid Awareness.
Alright, go check it out if you have some time.
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stopmikelupica
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KD's been around since the 80's, posting basketball updates in between playing games of Tron. And Burger Time.
Having read your enthusiastic write-up about him in your history of blogging, yeah, I HAVE to read it. Thanks for the tip!